Commit 70e98dff authored by Andrew Morton's avatar Andrew Morton Committed by Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] abi doc update

From: <ffrederick@prov-liege.be>

Update the abi sysctl documentation.
parent f2c52c43
...@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ one part of the kernel, so you can do configuration on a piece ...@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ one part of the kernel, so you can do configuration on a piece
by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'. by piece basis, or just some 'thematic frobbing'.
The subdirs are about: The subdirs are about:
abi/ execution domains & personalities
debug/ <empty> debug/ <empty>
dev/ device specific information (eg dev/cdrom/info) dev/ device specific information (eg dev/cdrom/info)
fs/ specific filesystems fs/ specific filesystems
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Documentation for /proc/sys/abi/* kernel version 2.6.0.test2
(c) 2003, Fabian Frederick <ffrederick@users.sourceforge.net>
For general info : README.
==============================================================
This path is binary emulation relevant aka personality types aka abi.
When a process is executed, it's linked to an exec_domain whose
personality is defined using values available from /proc/sys/abi.
You can find further details about abi in include/linux/personality.h.
Here are the files featuring in 2.6 kernel :
- defhandler_coff
- defhandler_elf
- defhandler_lcall7
- defhandler_libcso
- fake_utsname
- trace
===========================================================
defhandler_coff:
defined value :
PER_SCOSVR3
0x0003 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | WHOLE_SECONDS | SHORT_INODE
===========================================================
defhandler_elf:
defined value :
PER_LINUX
0
===========================================================
defhandler_lcall7:
defined value :
PER_SVR4
0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
===========================================================
defhandler_libsco:
defined value:
PER_SVR4
0x0001 | STICKY_TIMEOUTS | MMAP_PAGE_ZERO,
===========================================================
fake_utsname:
Unused
===========================================================
trace:
Unused
===========================================================
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